Skopje, 10 August 2023 (MIA) – The European Commission positively assesses the new Law on Academy for Judges and Prosecutors, which has been recently adopted in the Parliament, in the screening report on the Fundamentals cluster, the Ministry of Justice said Thursday in a press release.

“This is a great acknowledgment from the international community that monitors the progress of the Republic of North Macedonia. The legal changes were initiated by the Minister of Justice, Krenar Lloga, and supported by the MPs of the ruling majority, after they were previously blocked in the Parliament. The Academy for Judges and Prosecutors remains a bright spot in the reform process of the justice system,” the EC concluded in the screening report, reads the press release.

With the changes, it is possible to obtain a unified certificate for completed initial training for judges and public prosecutors, rads the press release.

The European Commission considers that this represents a great benefit in raising the quality of the selection of the best, who are registered for admission to the Academy's initial training.

“The law also provides for unifying court practice through increased number of training for judges within the Academy for Judges and Prosecutors, as well as a redefinition of the way of passing the entrance and final exams, based on objective criteria for assessing the knowledge of the candidates,” the press release reads.

The Ministry of Justice said that they will be fully committed to reforms in the judiciary in the upcoming period aimed at fulfilling the criteria for EU membership.

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